Motherboard and broadwell-e dead again

[Aratahu]

I lost two cpus and three Asus x99 mobos. (...) Never again Asus!

I'm with you on this. Asus' automatic settings go haywire if you overclock, e.g. change multi to 42 and manual vcore of 1.28. Should be safe, right? Well, the automatic system agent response in my case likely killed 2 of my 6850ks; I just wasn't looking at *all* the voltages, thinking I could just do the stuff I did on my old 2600k (also an Asus board) and not spend lots of time refreshing my knowledge for 2016.

They really ought to make it clearer that their automatic settings will fry your components, at the very least, if they can't get more conservative auto settings to happen in response to the variables you do change.

I changed max cache ratio to 36 from 31, and the cache voltage went from a stock of 1.001v to 1.41v. Holeecrap!

 

[2blzd]

A new PSU is not like a new house mate. And it's not like a hand made apple pie.

Like all electronics they're flying off the production line by the thousands, and the result of failure is simply an inconvenience. This failure rate is balanced with costs, but it's significant compared to many things you're used too.

There have been many experienced people in this thread trying to share knowledge with this dude and they seem to be sticking their head in the sand.

Again: A brand new PSU has a much higher chance of failure than one which has been reliable for years.

Are you saying I'm refusing help? You need to re-read the thread bro.


Also it seems to be an issue with Asus x99 and not anything PSU related. I just got a call back from EVGA about my returned PSU that I thought was the culprit. Tested 100% fine.


Witch hunt like I said.

Aratahu -

What should I be monitoring and what are the numbers I should be worried about ? All my voltages seem to be fine. Just curious what the are the red flags I should look for? Im using AIDA64

 

[richaron]

Are you saying I'm refusing help? You need to re-read the thread bro.

I'm not going to bother reading it again. I read from the start a while ago because I honestly thought I could help, and from the beginning I could feel your hesitance to accept advice.

I'm not saying you don't or won't accept help. I'm saying that's what I felt.

Perhaps against my better judgment I did chime in later with my 2 cents which I thought might help. Your response:

Yea no, I disagree.

So I'll leave you to the others. Good luck.

 

[2blzd]

I disagree with your opinion, which is what you stated. My computer is fixed and the culprit has been identified, this has nothing to do with that. You basically told a story about your computer and made a general statement about components going bad over time. I dont see how that is offering me help, in any way. what I'm supposed to do with that? Your issue was a 4 year old PSU. How does that help me? What advice was given?

Then your turn around and make all these false claims about me not willing to accept any help (although it was a story and a general statement with no actual help) but had you read the thread you would see otherwise. Then you say you don't want to reread the thread. So I don't know what to tell you other than you should just stop posting in this thread. Quit while you're not ahead.